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5 actions pour garantir que la foresterie communautaire marche en République du Congo

  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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5 Actions to Ensure Community Forestry Works in the Republic of Congo

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

  • Environmental Rights
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • environmental justice
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Environmental Rights
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • environmental justice
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Outcomes

Indonesia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Accelerate Social and Community Forest Management

  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
A man in Ilanga Village, DRC, holds a map showing commercial concessions on community lands. Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRI
  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Insights

For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • restoration
  • Business
Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • restoration
  • Business
Insights

Disaster-Focused Headlines from the Congo Often Hide Signs of Progress

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
Ilanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
Insights

Forest Watcher Brings Data Straight to Environmental Defenders

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Rangers checking Forest Watcher. Photo by Lilian Pintea
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Outcomes
Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
  • Top Outcome: 2016
Outcomes
Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2016
Outcomes
Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2016

3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Q&A with Cécile Ndjebet: Empowering Women Is Key to Better Forest Management in Cameroon

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Gender
  • land rights
Women in Cameroon prepare to plant saplings. Photo by Cameroon Ecology.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Gender
  • land rights

3 Maps Show Importance of Local Communities in Forest Conservation

  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • land rights
Panama's Omar Torrijos National Park. Photo credit: Lon & Queta, Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • land rights
Insights

5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Business
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
UN headquarters in New York City (Photo credit United Nations)
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Business
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
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Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
Way back to Lukolela  View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo.   Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR   Center for International Forestry Research
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change

4 Reasons Assessing Governance Matters for Forests and People

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Conducting an analysis of governance strengths and weaknesses can be a critical first step towards advancing forest governance reforms. Photo Credit: World Bank, Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Research

Broken Promises

Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset